i'm a muslim american. to get the full story and much more from braking to said stay tuned to see it's coming up in around ten minutes time here and the entire episode is also available on our web site. and right now some news and brave this hour from around the world starting in the u.s. winds are pushing a massive wildfire covering eight thousand acres in southern california. almost one thousand firefighters are battling the blaze which broke out early on thursday morning it forced the evacuation of schools a university and currently threatens over two thousand homes and businesses. a u.s. refueling plane has crashed after takeoff near the curtis nonconference border in central asia and we're bringing you the latest pictures right now from the scene there's so far no news on the four crew members according to a regional representative the plane broke into three pieces as it went down into an inhabited area shortly after leaving the crew gives them an ass airport used by nato in its war on terror in afghan

as a muslim and proud american as well, how do you feel about that? >> really i feel angry and frustration. i mean, as 1.5 billion muslims around the world and a lot of muslim-americans who serve this country and me, myself, i'm an example. and i said, sacrificed the country, keeping america safe. that's really -- it frustrated me. and i'm really angry. so we don't deserve this. we are american like them or like him. we're not just a muslim. we're muslim-american. so it's -- >> i want to read you a statement, which is from dahlberg's lawyer. part of it reads, mr. dahlberg's comments were regretful. he apologizes to anyone who found them offensive, and anyone who listens to the entire conversation and views the entire tape will learn it had a friendly tone. as the discussion turned to jihad and 9/11, and the discussion of jihadists who want to harm america. frankly, let me do the talking for you, mohamed. that wasn't a friendly conversation we heard. it was a deeply offensive slur on you and all muslims and particularly american muslims who had nothing

who we need to look further at and has understood that the worst thing that could happen to the muslim american community in the united states is another terrorist attack. yes, we have our reach. every one of our field officers has substantial out reach with and has since september 11 with the muslim communities. but in addition to the relationships that we establish, the education that we do jointly, it is in large part attributable to the muslim community itself that local radicalization is somewhat diminished and, really, it is on the internet where we face our biggest challenge now. >> director, several government officials have raised questions about the relationship between contractors and the federal government, and this is an issue that indicates perhaps not only the department of defense, the state department, and many other government agencies, but also to some degree, our law enforcement agencies. what is your take on -- what would be the philosophy of the fbi when it comes to the use of contractors? >> there are certain roles a contractor needs to play. it may be an area of expertis

i'm a muslim american. well to get the full story much more from breaking the set stay with us here on r t it's coming up a tough past midnight g.m.t. entire program is also available on all websites dot com. time now to update you hold so much news and brief from around the world now a u.s. military refueling plane has crashed off the takeoff near the. border in central asia there's so far no news on the crew the plane reportedly broke into three pieces that went in an uninhabited area shortly after leaving the port which is used by nato in its war on terror in afghanistan earlier this week and american cargo plane crashed in afghanistan killing all seven people aboard. winds are pushing a massive wildfire covering eight years in southern california towards malibu almost one thousand firefighters are battling the blaze which broke out early thursday morning it's forced the evacuation of schools university and currently threatens over two thousand homes and businesses. clashes have broken out in the west ba

i'm a muslim american. i mean this. it's truly a shame what's even worse is that the ignorance and bigotry from the perpetrator is shared by many people in this country take for instance barry west county commissioner in tennessee who recently posted this on facebook yet how to wink at a muslim no not a terrorist a muslim yeah parents should be aiming a double barrel shotgun in every muslim in america now of course according to good old barry it's just a joke it's been a lax this is the exact same to show that incites people to turn a hate speech into action and this sort of intolerance business you have to join me because we got a whole lot of starts to break. yesterday's may day protests brought to light the extent of the workers' rights struggle in this country and one of the issues on the forefront is the minimum wage last november wal-mart workers staged a walkout on the busiest shopping day of the year black friday five months ago new york saw hundreds of fast food workers strike for better benefits and just last

non-american muslims. it's not because we are pandering to the west. american muslims here identify themselves more with americans than they agreed with middle eastern muslims. >> bill: i don't consider american muslims a problem in the world. >> that's great. >> bill: i don't consider american muslims a problem on any level. i think the majority overwhelming majority are good people with a perspective. our problem is and we are seeing it with the boston bombings. our problem is, all right. muslims oversees who think they can come in here and blow people's arms and legs off and kill 8-year-old boys in the name of allah. 28% is a big number. if 28% are catholics are baptists or jews thought that killing civilians was justified by their religion. there would be an outcry and a scandal like you wouldn't believe. >> sure. and that's the point i was driving at, bill. the fact that there are muslims, not just in america but other parts of the world that are in greater majority, maybe even according to this poll l

i'm a muslim i'm american. well to get the full story much more from breaking the set stay with us here on r.t. it's coming up at huff post midnight g.m.t. . also available on our website dot com. the world in a world update to u.s. military plane crashed after takeoff. in central asia news of the crew the plane reportedly broke into three pieces as it went down. shortly after leaving port which is used by nato and its. cargo plane crashed in afghanistan. people on board. clashes a broken out in the west bank between israeli soldiers and palestinians protesting . expansion. were used against demonstrators in a village. there were further clashes between police and. prosecutor . who was investigating the murder. and shot dead in the capital islamabad you've been looking into the two thousand and seven assassination of. charges brought against president. responsibility for friday's attack. and election. way home friday prayers. also there was a hard line islamists have attacked egypt's security headquarters in cu

i'm a muslim american. to get the full story much more from breaking the sit stay tune to auntie it's coming up it's a whole pulse midnight g.m.t. and the entire program is also available on a website. called. news in brief around the world with all welled up days u.s. military refueling plane has crashed off the seiko near the. border in central asia so far no news of the crew the plane reportedly broke into three pieces as it went down in an uninhabited area shortly after leaving with us airport which is used by nato in its war on terror in afghanistan earlier this week an american college plane crashed in afghanistan killing all seven people on board. firefighters in california say only ten percent of a massive wildfire sweeping its way towards menabilly was under control the brush fire which is been raging since thursday morning has already destroyed an area whole for the size of manhattan and forced evacuation of four thousand homes when the dry weather continued to stoke the forty square kilometer bla

the beginning steps of this mentality -- and i am an american lus muslim. i have three children, and i hope they can embrace american liberty. we have a muslim project that looks at defending american patriotism over islamic pate rommism, that's part of the global jihad. we have to counter those movements early on, and we have to hold accountable the muslim leadership about these things. the solution, if it's going to happen, is going to come from within our faith community. the problem isn't the violence. that's just the system. the deeper problem is the ideological drift. >> i have to stop it there. i'm really sorry. i hope you all will come back. i think the why is so important to see what we can do and how to spot what's going on when you've got somebody troubled in your midst. thank you so much. >>> when we return, president obama's second term slump. we gave people a sticker and had them show us. we learned a lot of us have known someone who's lived well into their 90s. and that's a great thing. but even though we're living longer, one thing that hasn'

the best way to prevent violent extremism is to work with the muslim american community -- which has consistently rejected terrorism -- to identify signs of radicalization, and partner with law enforcement when an individual is drifting towards violence. and these partnerships can only work when we recognize that muslims are a fundamental part of the american family. indeed, the success of american muslims, and our determination to guard against any encroachments on their civil liberties, is the ultimate rebuke to those who say we are at war with islam. indeed, thwarting homegrown plots presents particular challenges in part because of our proud commitment to civil liberties for all who call america home. that's why, in the years to come, we will have to keep working hard to strike the appropriate balance between our need for security and preserving those freedoms that make us who we are. that means reviewing the authorities of law enforcement, so we can intercept new types of communication, and build in privacy protections to prevent abuse. that means that -- even after boston -- we

in fact is success of american muslims and to guard against any encroachments on their civil liberties is the ultimate rebuke to say that we're at war with islam. in the years to come, we will have to keep working hard to strike the appropriate balance between our need for security and preserving those freedoms that make us who we are. that means reviewing the authorities of law enforcement so we can intercept new types of communication but also build in privacy protections to prevent abuse. that means that even after boston, we do not deport someone or throw somebody in prison in the absence of evidence. that means putting careful could not straktd on the tools the government uses to protect sensitive information such as the state secrets doctrine. and that means finally having a strong privacy and civil liberties board to review those issues where our counter terrorism efforts and our values may come into tension. the investigation into national security leaks shows striking the right balance between our security and open society. as commander-in-chief, i believe we must keep informa

this is linda, a muslim american, and this is frank lopez who is mexican. >> dominican. >> whatever, it's all basically the same. (laughter) you've each been profiled. >> yes. >> tell me about the worst time that you've been profiled. >> i was walking to go plan out some workshops that i do in the community and all of a sudden two detectives hop up out of an unmarked car, get us up against the wall and he starts going into my bag and in my pocket and into the lining of my underwear. he says "i don't give a (bleep) if you consent or not, this is the bronx." >> i consider what you're talking about an inconvenience and an unfortunate one but at inconvenience not a disaster. two completely different things. >> how is it not a disaster? i've been stopped and i've been sent to central bookings, i've been sent to -- >> for what? for what? >> for doing nothing whatsoever. that's destroying my life. >> when the day comes where you have built and business and it's worth millions of dollars and the i.r.s. comes and tries to destroy everything you built and take it away from you you'll think bac

family in fact the success of american muslims and our determination to guard against any encroachments on their civil liberties is the ultimate rebuke to those who say the word war with islam thwarting homegrown plots presents particular challenges in part because of our proud commitment to civil liberties for all who call america home that's why in the years to come we will have to keep working hard to strike the appropriate balance between our need for security and preserving those freedoms that make us who we are that means reviewing the authorities of law enforcement so we can intercept new types of communication but also build in privacy protections to prevent abuse that means that even after boston we do not to deport someone or throw somebody in prison in the absence of evidence. that means putting careful constraints on the tools the government uses to protect sensitive information such as the state secrets. and that means finally having a strong privacy and civil liberties board to review those issues where our counterterrorism efforts and our values may come

the beginning steps of the mentally and i as an american muslim. i have three children and hope they can embrace american liberty. that's why we have a muslim liberty project that looks at the ideas of promoting american patriotism and global part of the global jihad. we have to counter those ideas early on and i think we need to, you know, hold accountable our leadership about these things. the solution f it is going to happen will come from within our faith community. the problem is not the violence. that's just the symptom, the deeper problem is ideological difference. >> i hope you will all come back. the why is always so important. see what we can do and how to spot what's going on when you have somebody troubled in your midst. thank you so much. >>> when we return, president obama's second term slump. w we . we're americans. we work. we plan. ameriprise advisors can help you like they've helped millions of others. to help you retire your way, with confidence. ♪ that's what ameriprise financial does. that's what they can do with you. let's get

>> the first thing you have to understand is a lot of young american muslims, they deal with everything else that all young americans are dealing with, college tuition, jobs, but there is a place for them to ensure that their peers on college campuses and youth groups are having a conversation that's positive, that when they see a negative conversation that they step in and they interfere and ensure that they move the conversation towards a more positive aspect. >> okay, haris tarin of the muslim public affairs council and kim lawton. many thanks to you both. >> thank you. >>> in other news, religious groups are renewing calls for comprehensive immigration reform, including a pathway to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented in the u.s. a coalition of faith leaders began a series of prayer vigils around the country, at the home offices of members of congress. and sister simone campbell, who spearheaded last year's nuns on the bus campaign, announced another multistate bus tour, this time in support of what she called, common sense immigration reform. >>> former pope benedict xvi re

would look -- muslim-americans would look down on a singer talkingut women's rights and freedom but at the end of the day muslims want freedom. the response is very positive and they have been very receptive to it. jenna: i first learned about your story because a friend of our show launched this moral courage project and talks about people and profiles different people outside the muslim community, inside the muslim community that have moral courage and she featured you and that caught my attention. one of the things you said you feel you're walking a fine line between critiquing your community and also defending it and that must be challenging? >> it's a hard-line to tell because you're a critic and you're an ambassador at the same time. i try it convey to a lot of my fellow americans, hey, i'm american too. i was born and raised here and then at the same time, i do take, i do make it my business to speak about things in my community that i disagree with because i feel without acknowledging that we do have problems we'll never actually solve them.

unfortunately as predicted we're seeing are ramping up of hate crimes and hate speech against muslim americans in the wake of the boston bombings most recently about anger was directed to mohammad saleem somali an american cab driver who was assaulted by a man he had picked up moments earlier but luckily before this attack salim sensed the man's temper and recorded the entire older cation on his cell phone and take a listen. i'm judging you know you're going to. bomb people up all over the world oh me yet.

we're seeing a ramping up of hate crimes and hate speech against muslim americans in the wake of the last amin's most recently but anger was directed to mohamed salim somali an american cab driver who was assaulted by a man he had picked up moments earlier but luckily before this attack salim sensed the man's temper and recorded the entire over keisha on the cell phone take a listen i'm judging you know you're. born people of all over the world oh me yes you heard you read your son so i'm of all the cold. here muslim you know that's why a bunch of me very sad especially considering how saddam is the furthest thing from some extremist here's what he had to say in response. some of the sergeant. most of america. and we love. to get the full story and much more from breaking the said tune into all see at fourteen thirty g.m.t. and then episode is also available on our website on the dot com. and the news in brief from around the world now and there's been a triple isolation of pakistan children because the prosecutor investigating the murder of x. prime minister benazir bhutto was ambus

we're seeing a ramping up of hate crimes and hate speech against muslim americans in the wake of the boston bombings most recently about anger was directed to mohamed salim the somali american cab driver who was assaulted by a man he had picked up moments earlier luckily before this attack salim sense the man's temper and recorded the entire over cation on the cell phone take a listen i am judging you here. born people of all over the world oh me yes yes you are a few read your heart so i'll not article if you're muslim your best why are you a bunch of me very sad especially considering how solemn is the furthest thing from some extremist here's. he had a sane response. it was sergeant. to get the full story and much more from breaking the set it's coming up at the half past midnight g.m.t. the entire programs also available on our website r.t. dot com. some news in brief from around the world a u.s. military refueling plane crashed after takeoff near the. border in central asia no news on the crew the plane reportedly broke into three pieces as it went down in an uninhabited area sh

army and the muslims american side to it -- psychiatrist went on a shooting rampage in fort hood in taxes in that attack killed 12 persons and left 31 wounded. more incidents followed in 2010. february a professor but the name of joseph stepped slammed his private plane into a building in austin texas, which contained offices of the internal revenue service. a lone wolf terrorism is not confined to the united states. for instance, in july of 2011 a bombing was carried out and subsequent shooting spree in norway. more recently, august of last year, and neo-nazi skinhead by the name of weight michael pace fatally shot six persons at a temple and wisconsin. so the frequency of these lone wolf attacks indicates a shift in the nature of terrorism from organized groups to unaffiliated individuals. so today and going to talk about this loan will for leaderless resistance trend. what is a leaderless resistance? well, in essence it involves a kind of low moves operation from which an individual or very small group engage in terrorism independently of any official movement, leader, or support netwo

the muslim american community is probably one of our greatest allies in the effort to stop the ideology. it is not as easy as stopping an enemy. forgive me, but as thrilled as i was when we took down osama bin ladin, and as hard as that was, that was a direct target. it is a lot harder to confront an ideology and to overwhelm it. >> do we have to change justice department guidelines with respect to how far they can hold investigations open? do we have to go back and revisit whether people have visited these websites once we have had some kind of predisposition, when there has ari ben the report, as you said? i am disturbed that the fbi would have had information which we have already identified which made him a suspect or at least a person of concern. they closed the book, but subsequently, we discovered what you just talked about, which is his participation in the violent web sites. >> i do not have sap quick or easy answer to that, but i have learned from this case, and i appreciate your question, but i feel very strongly that the justice department has to review the existing attorney

she recently defended a muslim american radicalized by online videos who plotted to fly remott controlled planes with explosives into the pentagon. >> she is committed to the cases that she could possibly win. she's really hard working and cares a whole lot about the client and really a determined, tenacious lawyer. >> mere yam is extremely well regarded by the judges in boston, as well as by the attorneys in the u.s. attorney's office, the prosecutors. she has an excellent reputation and combined with her own intellect and natural talent, she's a very effective attorney. >> reporter: she will have her work cut out for her. dzhokhar tsarnaev he is charged with detonating a weapon of mass destruction. if convicted, she could face the death penalty. clark has defended the unibomber, eric rudolph, and most recently jared loughner who went on a shooting rampage in arizona. all of them escaped the death penalty, getting life sentences instead. >> the primary goal mere yam is going to have is saving her client's life. the first step towards doing that is making a connection with the client, est

muslims and muslim americans, nobody tried to disguise their hatred in any way about those categories of people and young people quite a few not so nice things were said. so we really do believe that long historical tensions about race play a role in this and for many older people, seeing barack obama elected president must have been shocking due to the color of his skin. but we don't think it was mainly bad. we think it was a combination of that with the foreign father, muslims have a middle name, the fact is one of our apartments are to us, the young people are obama, obama. you could hear in her voice the perception of the 2 million people screaming that do not duration. and she didn't like it. the fact it is a college professor, very, very bad because college professors are seen to be seen. people coming up with obscure schemes to impose some real americans, to benefit freeloaders into and bought 11 million ill as voters so the real americans can be defeated in the next election. all of these things were sad. so next to those prejudices, the black white prejudice was kind of down

> the best way to prevent violent extremism inspired by violent jihadists is to work with the muslim american community which has consistently rejected terrorism. >> reporter: the president is sending more inmates back to their home countries from the u.s. terror prison in guantanamo, cuba. agreeing in part with a protester who disrupted him at national defense university. mr. obama pushed again to close gitmo, a move some republicans support, but they're upset by the president scaling back the war on terror. >> to somehow argue that al qaeda is, quote, on the run comes from a degree of unreality that to me is really incredible. >> reporter: but scaling back the war is the new policy of the commander in chief. now it's the latest controversy. part of the political war that rages in our town constantly. i'm steve handelsman, news4. >>> tonight a 2-year-old boy is in critical condition and a suitland man is behind bars charged with attempted murder. police arrested clifton bernard yesterday. bernard was dating the child's mother. police say he admitted hitting the boy while watching him. the bo

khalilah sabra is also director of the muslim american society immigrant justice center. ome. >> thank you for having me. >> could you tell us something about judith mohammed and his early years in the times you knew him? an all-american boy with the exception of the fact that he was what we call the other but them of 9/11. jude grew up in a climate of islamophobia, religious profiling, and made it very difficult for him to stay here or to find any basis for trust of the american government. in the end, he decided that he would leave this country. >> what is the reaction, what is your reaction, khalilah sabra, and the reaction of his family, of his mother who lives in north carolina, to this news a day ago that the obama administration admits now that they killed jude kenan mohammad in a drone strike? >> it is more than just a little bit too late. the government had an obligation to inform his mother that he had been killed. and especially they have a responsibility to tell her why he was killed. jude kenan mohammad was not a senior leader of al qaeda. despite the reasons

the majority of american muslims to not attend mosques. engage in an open, free, and transparent environment. we had an article written by an ex-islamist. in 2009 and online form on use radicalization, before it became the school where quicken now ha this cool word where we can now hash tag, we are able to see some young people who were affected by the jihadist message. advice to policy makers and government is to give muslim leaders and policy makers -- we do not need to be too close to each other. that undermines our street credit. i was involved in a radical middle way project. they lifted me as a moderate muslim leader. that undermines my ability to work at the street level with a lot of people. i think there needs to be an implicit threat -- implicit relationship that recognizes this is a dynamic problem. it may not represent the larger body of the muslim community. it demands a response that ignores the majority of our community. in order to do that we have to be seen as free, transparent leaders who are born and bred within the comm

in fact, the success of american muslims and our determination to guard against any encroachments on their civil liberties is the ultimate rebuke to those who say that we're at war with islam. thwarting homegrown plots presents significant challenge in part because of our proud commitment to civil liberties to all who call america home. that's why in the years to come we will have to keep working hard to strike the appropriate balance between our need for security and preserving those freedoms that make us who we are. that means reviewing the authorities of law enforcement so we can intercept new types of communication but also build in privacy protections to prevent abuse. that means that even after boston we do not deport someone or throw somebody in prison in the absence of evidence. that means putting careful constraints on the tools the government uses to protect sensitive information such as the state secret document. and that means finally having a strong privacy and civil liberties board to review those issues where our counterterrorism efforts and our values may come into at

family in fact, the success of american muslims and our determination to guard encroachment on their civil liberties is the ultimate rebuke to those who say the we're at war with islam. thwarting homegrown plots presents particular challenges in part because of our proud commitment to civil liberties for all who call america home. these why in the years to come we will have to keep working hard to it strike the appropriate balance between our need for security and preserving those securities that make us who we are that meefns reviewing the authorities of law enforcement so we can accept new kinds of communication but also build in privacy protections to prevent abuse. that means that even after boston we do not deport someone or throw somebody in prison in the absence of evidence. that means putting careful constraints on the tools the government uses to protect sensitive information such as the state's secrets doctrine. that means having a strong privacy and civil liberties board to review those issues where our counter terrorism efforts and our values may com

american muslims, they don't cause a lot of trouble generally speaking. y have assimilated into our society? >> they are much better assimilated into american society. major hasan the president alluded to that today in his speech in texas and obviously the tsarnaev brothers they obviously became american niced in some ways but prone to be radicalized. >> bill: extremisttright. >> we have that problem. overwhelmingly muslims in the united states have not gone down that path. >> bill: thank god. >> we have to make sure that we don't let our guard so politically correct and so worried about offeding people that we don't call this out for what it is. and that is a conservatorship. >> bill: one more question for laura giving her 30 seconds more here. i went on your radio show this week. and what i -- we talked about a lot of things. the biggest reaction was to, what? >> well, o'reilly, all these people called in and emailed in. they didn't see this side of o'reilly before. he coaches his son's little league. o'reilly's history as a semiproball player. they all

majority and their minorities are being attacked in way worse ways from humanitarian view than muslims are by americans. >> reporter: what role does islamic teaching play? >> in the book for instance, what i discuss about what is happening to christians, i don't just discuss the patterns. for example, i'll talk about churches being attacked and bombed and executed. christians saying wrong word about islam. if you go back and look at the historic historical, same exact teachings. the continuity is undeniable. what is happening now is a mirror reflection of what happened yesterday therefore the authentic teachings of islam. >> why did it come to an end? >> in the west, our culture took a nose dive in the 60s. no coincidence islamic fundamentalism comes on the heels of the liberal take over of american main stream culture. when america became liberal and apologetic for itself and multicultural and own heritage as a source of all ills, that creat created an insurgence of islam. >> reporter: this is so intense, u.s. commission on international religious freedom warned there is an unprecedented exodus from c